“Bwoing bwoing bwoing bwoing bwoing bwoing…”

as long as you carry my things and wear that apron to let everyone else know that I OWE YOU

@Background Pony  
You’re taking my words out of context. The question is, are you doing it on purpose?

@Jarntazecht  
So a lady who won’t screw you might as well be dead in your view. People who think like that don’t even deserve a friend.

@Background Pony
 
Well-said.
 
I’ve had off-and-on feelings for the only woman I’ve loved for longer than some of you have been past the point of puberty.
 
We stopped being friends after about a year and a half of not talking (after a fight involving the feelings that I did tell her about), because it just hurt too much to know that she would never see me a certain way…but I wanted to be a friend for her and for myself. After 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 years, that wears on a person. You’re not able to get distance from a person with whom you’re smitten, because you’re their very close friend.
 
It might be the “Friend Zone” because you can’t go “further.” It might be (in my case, at least) because there’s no clean way to get away from the person altogether for your own feelings.
 
Sex had very little to do with it. In fact, I might say I’m a little concerned that we equate a romantic relationship has is primarily based upon sex.
 
Because once you hit 70, sex won’t quite work in the same way it did when you were in your 20’s.
 
No, I’m not that old. Just 25.

Oh yay, I found the quote I was looking for!
 
Being told “We can still be friends” is like saying “Hey, the dog died but we can still keep it!”

@Evowizard25  
World War I.

@Evowizard25  
Some sort of epic pony war in the past.

@Itsthinking  
(Reference?)

@Evowizard25  
See how they hang in every bayonet I extend  
My approving gas is what on their last breaths they all spend

@Etherchanter  
Don’t usually do this but
 
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Will be interesting to see if they decide to do something. Hey, then they could sell a new species and get some of that Skylanders cash.

@NuclearPony  
Well she is toast of the trench, is she not?

@Itsthinking  
Know what? I agree with all the points you’ve just made.
 
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I love that world war 1 style razzle dazzle camoflauge dress. ^^

@Etherchanter  
Still, he went further with his feelings than most who complain about the “friendzone” do. And yeah, she does seem like she wants to avoid it. Time will tell if she ever feels the same towards Spike as he does to her, because I think his passion will only grow stronger. I have my own belief on how this will all end, and it’s not exactly without precedent in previous fictional romances.
 
I think they really want to keep the two characters in this vague grey area where we can draw our own conclusions, at least until they can find something to do with them.

@Itsthinking  
Yes, she did. I believe that moment also implies that she knew it all along (like, duh, who didn’t?).
 
…I did say technically, though…  
:)
 
I think she wanted to avoid the whole friendzone thing. She didn’t want that whole messed-up feelings thing that @Background Pony said above.

@Etherchanter  
She got the idea.

@Itsthinking  
Well, technically he hasn’t told her because she stopped him before he actually said it.

@when she felt her wings unfold  
People who greentext “people who uses the phrase “people who use the phrase” “people who use the phrase…”

@Background Pony  
Tumblr social activism has made results?
 
As for Spike, he’s already told Rarity how he feels about her. That in of itself means that he’s not “friendzoned.”

People who use the phrase “people who use the word friendzone” are 100% of the time confusing the concept of being told “But we can still be friends!” after expressing affection with the concept of gaming someone to gain sexual favors.
 
You see, people who actually have emotions understand that there is, in fact, a difference between friendship and romantic love for many people. I know, I know, this goes against everything your shipfics tell you, but bear with me here. And, you see, when told that one’s romantic feelings are not requited, this hurts. The worst thing to do after telling someone this is to immediately say, “But we can still be friends!” Why? Because, frankly, being around that person will hurt. Friendship based around one person feeling both love and pain while being around the other, while the other feels… pity, at best, is not a healthy relationship. Feelings like that do not go away instantly, and being treated like they do will, understandably but not correctly, make people lash out and bemoan the concept of the “friendzone.”
 
It’s okay, though, that many of you people didn’t understand this simple concept. I don’t expect more from tumblr, because it’s filled with ill-meaning fools looking for any excuse to hate someone they perceive as different. :) Their social activism campaigns are merely so they can feel righteous while doing so. Look at their “results” for proof.

I don’t know about you guys, but I really like the sound of this “friend zone”. It sounds like a completely awesome and lovely place!
 
… and full of such wonderfully Nice Guys too. Don’t they sound great?

moment of silence for our brother in friendzone  

People who use the word friendzone are usually the kind who haven’t even told the person they are involved with their true feelings and think that being overly non-confrontational (i.e nice) translates into an obvious signal of affection (hint. it doesn’t).
 
Never presume a friendship is more than a friendship until you have directly said your true feelings. It is fine to wait for a little while before revealing what you want out of the relationship, but 2+ years is starting to get a bit much, ye?